Blue Oyster Cult

I got their best of, they have some nice songs for sure.

MY father is a musician and a drummer he used to play wiht a lot, jules redeno, is touring wiht BOC right now

The only band outside of prog music that i have some interest to talk about. I think this band is  (was) rather unique.

Here's my take on BÖC up to Imaginos which is the last album i have heard by them:

Favourite albums: Secret Treaties, Fire of Unknown Origin

In my opinion their most coherent albums. The first two are coherent as well.

Least liked albums: Cultosaurus Erectus, Club Ninja

Cultosaurus Erectus is a good album but it has nothing special. Even Club Ninja has some good tunes.

Five favourite tracks: The Last days of May, Flaming Telepaths, Astronomy, Nosferatu and Vengeance (The Pact)

It's not a coincidence that these tracks are among their most progressive songs. My favourite track is perhaps the Joe Bouchard - Helen Wheels tune "Nosferatu".

Most hated track: Godzilla (how can this be one of their most known songs?)

I have always thought their biggest hit "Don't Fear The Reaper" to be a little above average BÖC tune (though the live versions smoke). The other hit "Burnin' for You" is better.

Dont fear the reaper

Secret Treaties is truly a timeless classic.

Great art work!!!!



Great song titles too!

Career Of Evil, Subhuman, Dominance And Submission, Cagey Cretins, ME 262,
Flaming Telepaths, Astronomy

Most importantly great songs!!!!!!


Saw them live on the Agents of Fortune Tour.........

An excellent band. My favourite of theirs is Spectres, especially Nosferatu, Death Valley Nights, Fireworks, RU Ready 2 Rock and Searching for Celine. In fact there's hardly a duff track on the album.

They were always more interesting than other US bands of the period like Boston and Styx, being a bit weirder and more humorous. I love Buck Dharma's guitar work - his solo on Don't Fear the Reaper is a classic and he did plenty of other goodies.

Englar wrote: I like a couple of tunes by them. "Astronomy" being what I consider the closest they ever came to prog, and the greatest BOC song, IMO.

and a killer that was, as was the whole album....

'don't fear the reaper' was their swansong, from that they have been rightfully redirected to being a bar band.

sad how the mighty fell... (go,go, godzilla)

I love BOC and like all of their albums, with the possible exception of Club Ninja.  My favorite albums are:  Imaginos (why this album is never mentioned as one of their best I'll never understand as I think it is their darkest, heaviest, and most progressive album), Secret Treaties, and Fire of Unknown Origin.  My favorite songs in no particular order are:  Blue Oyster Cult, Magna of Illusion, Veteran of the Psychic Wars, Dominance and Submission, Astronomy (the Secret Treaties version), Nosferatu, Joan Crawford, Black Blade, Shooting Shark and Unknown Tongue.

There two post-Imaginos albums, Heaven Forbid and Curse of the Hidden Mirror aren't bad, but they do really suffer from the absence of the Bouchards.

The Doctor wrote: Imaginos (why this album is never mentioned as one of their best I'll never understand as I think it is their darkest, heaviest, and most progressive album)

Exactly. IMO it's not only their best album but one of the best albums of all time.



Favourites in no particular order:

Don't fear the Reaper (Agents of Fortune)
E.T.I. (Agents of Fortune)
Black Blade (Cultösaurus Erectus)
Flaming Telepaths (Cult Classic version)
Astronomy (Cult Classic version)
7 Screaming Diz-Busters (Tyranny and Mutation)
Les Invisibles (Imaginos)
In the Presence of Another World (Imaginos)
The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankensteins Castle at Weisseria (Imaginos)
Take me Away (Revölution by Night)
Shooting Shark (Revölution by Night)
Astronomy (Imaginos version)
Magna of Illusion (Imaginos)
Harvest Moon (Heaven Forbid)
I Love the Night (Spectres)
Perfect Water (Club Ninja)
Live for Me (Heaven Forbid)
Blue Öyster Cult (Imaginos)

and many more ... I can't stop ...

Edited by Miaugion